Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13
HouEe hold.

Men create dynasties aud see them
crumble; on these fragments other geneT
atoms build, only to be followed in theil
turn by those VITO would rear, despite
The ruins OF the past, governmental struct'
ures whose duration should cease only
when time shall be no more. Futile are
their eforts-alike all tumble to decay.
ard kingdoms with their records fade
INTO bare memory, aid are often wholly
obIiterated. Womsn's kingdom alone
en6ures. Since the Creator set mankind
in families women have been home-mak-
ers, and their presence in home how
ever primitive, has been 5 subtle lnhu
ence permesGing its sacred precincts.
When Isaac brought Rebecca to bis tent
he doubtless spared not the si!kiest 1eeces
of his flock to minister to her comfort
nor found Tyrian dies nor Araby's spices
too costly to charm her senses; queen OF
his heart, she was queen Of his home, and
regaIly have her sisters kept the sway.
In ali ages, in all chimes, amid all cir
cumstaBces, q Woman's hand creates the
home, and never has this been more
marked than in modern times. Slowly the
kingdom building went on, outpost after
outpost vas deserted until her right to
reign in her dominion is practically IN
disputed. Much as conventionalities do
hedge her IN, is il not possible that, like
the mountain torrent seeking outlet, she
has channelled deeper and found courses
more congenial than if the current had
met no obstacles?
Notwithstanding that the rights
so vigorously demanded have been
long withheld, the modern house
over which presides a genuine
woman is proof conclusive that the with
holding Of these rights in the past has
wrought no permanent injury, but has
rather given time and opportunity for the
culture of those traits that have in 8
measure become q part OF woman's ne
ture. Think you when Queen Margaret
wrought with her maidens that wonder
full history of Harold now read in the
BsyeuX tapestry she wrought less Tor
the future than her spouse with his
doughty warriors? Woman has inspired
the sculptor's chisel and the painter's
brush, not simply to perpetuste their
beauty, but TO lend artists skill in adorn-
ing homes over which she presides.
Had woman's hand held the sword, had
her voice been permitted to be heard in
legislative halls, the genius that found
it's outlet in adorn1ng home might
have persisted at the fountain
and never lived to CLEAN and brighten
srourd the firesIde of nations.
Under woman's magic touch the trans
formation has gore on and the cave, the
hut, the simple house for needs, have
eliminated in the modern home that
might be termed q casket OF thoughts, q
crystslization of idess. HISS the reader
ever thought how much house repre-
sented? Every convenience u tss-
uimony of mans consideration foreEo-
mans physical weakness; every 5eautg
speaks of woman's aspirations for the
higher and nobler that lies beyond. AL
lands pay tribute to the family, and eli
pursuits lsy their trophies st the feet Of
the woman presiding, WHO by her inf1d-
ence shall lift her race from soFdidness
and grcveling.
Such home beckons the wRnderer to
seek within its walls peace and rest. The
noddipg flowers wait q welcome. sno
singing birds nesting in its vines tell OF
besutY and happiness within its walls.
Enter, stranger Hospitality dwells here;
warmth, light, color are attending genll
that viii aid in exercising evil and cal
forth all that is gentle and refined; the
very bench on the porch invites
rest; extreme cleanliness everywhere
speaks of purity; within evidences
abound that the directing spirit is one
whose instincts lesd to beauty and TO ma
king the home life grand Symptom.